NNA - Prime Minister, Dr. Nawaf Salam, on Friday received at the Grand Serail, a delegation from the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Dutch Parliament, in the presence of Dutch Ambassador to Lebanon, Frank Mollen.

The discussion reportedly touched on the administrative, financial and judicial reforms initiated by the Lebanese government and the importance of their implementation.

The meeting also dwelt on the efforts exerted by the Lebanese Army throughout Lebanon, particularly along the southern border, to maintain security and stability, as well as ways to strengthen the bilateral relations between the two countries in various fields.

Premier Salam also received ‘Strong Republic” bloc MP George Okais, who said after the meeting that he discussed with the Premier an array of national issues and the security situation in the south and on the eastern border with Syria, in addition to an array of dossiers related to the Bekaa region.

Salam also met with a delegation from the “Popular Coalition against Quarries and Crushers,” who handed the Premier a memorandum “emphasizing the importance of defending nature against the environmental destruction caused by quarries and crushers.”

The PM then received a delegation from the Makassed Philanthropic Islamic Association of Beirut, headed by Dr. Faisal Sinno.

The delegation extended an invitation to Premier Salam to patronize the opening of two medical wards at the Makassed Hospital on May 7.

Among the Grand Serail’s itinerant visitors today had been the founder and president of Vitex Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Elias Chami, and Dr. Anis Chami, who presented Premier Salam with a commemorative shield.

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